C. Dimitri has received fellowships in painting from the Vermont Studio Center and the RI State Council on the Arts. A staff illustrator for The Rumpus, he has illustrated texts and book covers and has added drawings to the Kenyon Review, Bomb Magazine, and the streets of Providence. Two of his climate-change graph paintings are in the permanent collection of the Boston Public Library.
Solo exhibitions include the Tabla Rasa Gallery (Brooklyn), Aurora (Providence), and Crocker & Griffin (Narragansett), with select exhibits at the Art Academy of Cincinnati, and Brooklyn's Irondale Theater, Greenpoint, and Groundfloor galleries. He has also shown in Miami, Provincetown, and Los Angeles.
Dimitri received a doctorate in literature from the University of Essex, England. His focus on aesthetic modernism informs his visual work.
(Biography provided by Tabla Rasa Gallery)
Best Protection, architectural, iconography, text, black white,
By C. Dimitri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Acrylic, ink, glitter on canvas Dimitri operates from the idea of the “unfinished.” It informs his choice of materials and the way he handles them. It informs the imagery. The unfin...
Canvas, Glitter, Ink, Acrylic
The Incredible Combustible, colorful abstract of classical figure theme
By C. Dimitri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Abstract and figurative interpretation of a classic theme. Originally inspired by the Odalisque.
Canvas, Charcoal, Oil, Acrylic, Permanent Marker
Lot, dramatic abstracted military theme, fire, multiple figures
By C. Dimitri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oil, acrylic, charcoal on panel.
Charcoal, Oil, Acrylic
In the Gloaming, colorful abstract group of figures
By C. Dimitri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Figurative abstraction. Painting will be mounted to support frame and ready for hanging.
Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel
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Rabbits in New York, colorful abstract rabbit and horse patterns
By C. Dimitri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Cityscape with archetypal figures. Bunny and horse images, colorful w/ pink, blue, green
Oil
One Last Fling and See What Happens
By C. Dimitri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
oil on panel
Oil, Wood Panel
Colchester, bold energetic gestural mixed media abstraction
By C. Dimitri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Abstract, inventive depiction of an English landscape where the painter studied.
Canvas, Charcoal, Oil, Spray Paint, Permanent Marker
Cold Open, monochromatic, space ship, tower horizon
By C. Dimitri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This mixed-media canvas captures a surreal moment: a UFO, complete with a wide-eyed alien pilot, making an unexpected landing at a mundane airport. Rendered primarily in black and wh...
Canvas, Mixed Media
Greenland Bridge, abstract bridge image, earth tones
By C. Dimitri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oil, acrylic, spraypaint on canvas. Bridge to a friend of the artist's house.
Canvas, Oil, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Laid Paper
Chandelier, abstracted animal image, rich brushwork
By C. Dimitri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Abstract, interior, landscape, animals. Oil on panel.
Oil, Panel
The Climb, colorful abstract patterns w figures, earthy red tones
By C. Dimitri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
One of a series on the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. Here they make the treacherous climb out of the underworld: Now thro' the noiseless throng their way they bend, And both with pa...
Canvas, Oil
Eurydice, red gestural abstract w figures
By C. Dimitri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Eurydice in the Underworld, as Hades and Persephone inform her that Orpheus has bargained for her release.
Canvas, Oil
The Nine Wild Rivers and the Seven Wild Rivers, abstract, animals, figures
By C. Dimitri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Inspired by the ballroom ceiling of the Ca Rezzonico in Venice.
Mixed Media, Oil